MONACA False-report charge

A Monaca woman has been charged after falsely claiming her boyfriend beat her, Monaca police reported.

Police said Dawn Stefanik, 37, of 1122 McClelland St. claimed that Elijah Walsh, no age or address listed, attacked her in her home on May 19.

On May 28, the day of Walsh’s preliminary hearing on charges related to the reported attack, police said, Stefanik admitted she made the story up, saying that Walsh was going to leave her and she would rather see him in jail than have him be with another woman. Stefanik was charged with unsworn falsification and making false reports.